Dump-car.



F. S. INGOLDSBY.

DUMP UAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22, 1900.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

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' DUMP UAR.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.22,1906.

1,000,175, Patented Aug. 8,1911.

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F. S. INGOLDSBY.

DUMP GAR. APPLICATION 11.21) DEC. 22, 71906.

1,000, 1 75. Patented Au 8, 1911.

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. i i 1, Funk S; INGOLDSBY and State, of- Missouri,

11 new and useful In Cars, of which' the foland ge aet desciiption, v j to" the accompanying,

' whekdn erelalge, durhping doors forming a portion ofthe bottom of thecar; e obje xfjtof theinvention is threefold? rs t, tqprovide. ing doorsa-knistetiom e1ry;nie;nhe1s in such; form: that when the 1 (1001m closed Ithe bottom= ofthe car-shall begsph'stantially flat throughout its] extent, wh l w the eor s-;e pp them hall h e -no, flat surfaces whatever on which metexziel mi ht lodge The second featuye nvolved is it eenrangen ent of longitudinhl nd cross loeamsjsov that, the longitudinal beam carries ,enfaktbitmryportion of the lo'ad, and eny excess "of load hboye this arbitrelyigemounteisieerried by the cross beams t d nspf-thecar. Third my 'new,1simple, and effec= erm i 'g I h d mp \In he -drawings}; igure 1. is} nside elevzv;

A, Fig. ..j2I-is a-lplanthereof; eis a ,zyerticalij cross section; Fig. 4 is a heline' jontEig- 3; Fig. 5'is e perspectivefioil the "pertslep 'oviding the longitudlnal 5mm QaEig'. fi isa perspective ofihe corner f the-car,rillil'stmting-the metholdiof o eratq m tihedoormising,mechanism;. Fig.- 'is a die elevation ,ofrthei head m which the: door" misingibablesmre attached Fig. 81 is an 'edge through one" of the cross beams-mike can,

this=isetion being as; plagiew parallel' with F-igzl; =s-isa view lulIStIBting in cross (action a' modifie'di form iof .lon'gitl dinfil; sill member; 1 11 -to -141-incluswex illustrate fflizetionsf ofzhhelcrossl members Fig.

lad -FIQF showing "it? as, a polled beam reels; Fig-:13 as 'awcasting-F m:

l doois in theif elevated 'fositio yentihn nelates. to du xnp cats ,artial .longitudinal section, as indicated by,

Wiewkof such, heed :Fig. Q9 is'awcross {section showing the cross member as made-in one;

.' ed Verhealplates; and Fig.

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e i emi ted from the illustfations for" pin-poses of 'clearness. It will be understood that eny suit able ineans may be employed es' fon'instance thelflsual In'goldsby method-of rejecting floor earns a'ndj coopezfitiye hobl Th cershown herein is off'whst is known I inclined shedding surfaces thi'oughoilt when the doors are dropped. I eccomplish this by providingshedding ermine, bothlongh tudinal and tl ensvers'e, and arranging the doors; so that whenclosed their lipper surfaces are substantially flush wit-h thefupper surfaces of "the crowns? Thesei 'c'fowns therefore do not" interfere when; the. doors -are closed with the level floor ofthe car,

while when the doors a redroppedthy preventlo.dg1nent ofjnaterial. I As shown, the oer has %'rdep sides 15, ends 16 and a, Ion 'tlidin Ybiintlerfill or sills 1-7; longitudinal 'alined crowns, he 18,

carried thereby, cross 5031115520,feonnecting the longitudinalrsill with T the car sides these cross beams-having shedding crowns 21; 1

The rear' 'sides am e" shown veftical rein-- ,foncing memhers23, extending below the sides end connected with the cx oss' beg ns 20. .,,2fi., p ee r si dum ges wh s are hinged to he centrallong'itudin striic- A'sshown in Fig;-- 3; the, (yenfcire,l lei ibudinal StTDCtuIfGdS-ill it natnte of e-palr of o 18 e; g iec em misi g 19 18- tndi-nal gchennel beam 1 30 hotto' x plate :1, e d ew-mp; P1 1 1 ;this-top; pleteQis the puctnfie -illnstr ted 1n .F-ig SH- ljhlseomprises e p gir oi filet es 34, riyeted Zto thegz flanges pf the: channels ugh 'the p ate-:32, these plates 34, 1n-, and homing together ,i an d- ,pohtinumg thro Jnting' 45 on their under} sides, which extend in vertically as at ifor a suitable distance,

and then turning outward horizontally as at,

36; Above the horizontal portions 36 is a plate 37 which is surmounted by filling girder.

late or crown 18.

Secured to the-outer side of one of the vertical plates 35, and iextending'"} througlt openingsinthese plates, is a casting 42, which 1s flanged soas to come beneath the flange 36, and is riveted in place to'the flange 36and the vertical portions35. This casting carries a pair of vertical cross webs 14; The dumping doors 25-have' floor beams wardly' to the centersof the car. Floor beamsfrom opposite sides come between the webs44, and. are hinged at the longitudinal center of the car by the hinge pin 46 extending through nalined holes 111 such webs.

- This provides a simple and efi'ectivemethod of'hinging the dumping doors. Now the shedding crown 18 .is formed'in the arc of a! circle whose center is'the axis of the hinge'pin 46. The doors are pro-- vided at their inner edgeswith inwardly extending shields 47, consistin of plates,

' the free ends of which are adapted to rest" on andaengage' the curved crown 18. j These plates ma be tapered on theirundei' sides to make-a closer fit if' desired. xThe fleet ofthi's structure isthat when the door are closed the inner edges of the shields are close to each other, and what space there is between them is occupied by the-shedding crown, which forsuch short distance may 'be considered as substantially .flat, whereby, the doors when closed present amsubwsami ny a -year. to. the oth e' dropped, however,- on the sheddin i f1TWl1Gl'l' -the: doors are jth'e shields slide down crown while maintaining their contact t erew'th, so that when in 5Q: dischaigillg- J incline s rfacefrom the apexof the'crown position there-is a continuous to the outer edge-of the doors, whereby there is no space for lodgnient of material. -To"prevent leak'age'of material under the ends of: the shields 47, I'providejat the ends curved'on their underyedges to make a close engagement withthe crown-18,'and have urface from one side of the of such; shields filler. castings 49, which are vertical ends making a c1oseconnection;

with the cross beams with. which theedges of the door-cooperate; Y

. If desired, in lace of the built-uplongitudinal box- 'rder beam as shown, there may dinal member which actsboth as the-sill and be employe zfor example,-a single longitu the shedding crown. This'is illustratedin Fi 10, where such member is shownat50 an is in the nature of an I-beam having an arc-shapedupper' edge, as shown at 51.- The dumpin door ;25, has its floorbeam 45 hinged 1n the plane of the vertical web of the I-beam between-ears. 52, carried by such.

beam.' The axis of this hinge'is the center of the arc 5L} The floor beam carries the shield 47,, as before,"which engages such are.-

As stated, the cross beams of .the car carry shedding crowns. As shown in Figs.

3 and4,"th e cross beams-are made of a pair of channels 20, surmounted by a plate 55,o n'

which ismounted the crown 21, there being suitable filling blocks'57, e tween thecrown in Fig.9 andalso in'Fig. 3,.where the member 21- is brokenaway. Suitable. rivets58,

. attend as shownthrough the crown,fthe fillingblock, the plate and the flanges of'the" channels. The highest-points of crowns 21 are substantially on a line/with the. top surface o fthe dumping doors," wherefore these crowns preserve a substantially level] floor when thedoors are closed. The small amount of space betweenj .the' apex of the crowns and. the ends of the .doors is imma .ahdthe plate 55. The fil ing block isshown v terial. Inasmuch as thevarious-stationary liiembers of the floor do not rise higherthan the tops of the doors, the ,fioor may-be loaded with any material which-can becar-i l'ied on the level floor-of an ordinary car.

'Dependingfroin'the cross beams are 'suitable, sector shaped shields 56, which are adapted to cooperate with the ends of 'th e dropped doors to make dischargin chutes. ars. wit-h the longitudinal structure, forming a cross "truss to allow the-excess of loading to bev carried. to the car:s ides,'-I provide the'ehan- To securel connect the cross nel ties 60,' which extend across the {car as passlng beneath the central longitudinal sill Tstructure. 1 As shown in Figs. 3 and: 4,- this tension channel extends betweenthe members 20 and has its flanges riveted to-the webs of these members. The space between the tension channel 60 and the outer sides of the longitudinal sill' structure may be occupied tension members. These-channels have their flan es downward and bend dia onally,-.

b vertical plates 61, which are flanged and riveted to the various members mentioned.

The outer ends of the tie channels extend upward beyond ends of the cross beams 20 and are securely the car.

fastened to. the sides of The described arrangement of hahnels I I passing across, the upper side of the longitudinal beam and across itslower side makes a very rigid truss, the longitudinal beam acting as the strut therefor. -This cross heater is adapted to have its members either in tension or compression, according to the design ofthe car; and according to whethe the doors. For the purpose of illustration I have shown this engagement as bein effected by sliding the pinion 94- on its s aft out of engagement with the ear 93. This sliding may be accomplished y havin the pinion sphned on the shaft and shi table iy a suitable shipper lever 98.

While the raising mechanism as shown herein is arranged so that the doors may be raised half from one end of the car and half from the other, it will of course be understood that they may be all raised from one end, if desired, the cables being all carried to that end. Similarly, in place oi having operates both sides of the car, there may, if desired, be two winding shafts, so that each side may be raised independentl and each of such shafts may operate hal' or a quarter of the car, thus reducing the power required. I have shown the cables for raising the doors as located on the outer side of the car. Such is the preferable arrangement for a gondola car, as illustrated in the drawing. In the case of a box car, however, the cables and sheaves are preferably located inside of the car, or between the outer and inner sheeting of the car side. These, and Tmany other adaptations, are so Well understood as not to require further illustration or ex lanation. i v

It will be seen fi'om the above'description that- I have provided afcar in which, when the doors are closed, there is a substantially flat-1 bottom throughout the car, whe

- door drops.

:the car may be used for loading any ma;

terial adapted to be carried by such flat botsurfaces which de s-hot :exten contact which the shields on -t with then cotiperating members. My car is thus adapted-- for a great variety of uses.

shield carried {,b

tom. If such material is dumpable, the en tire loadwill be discharged from the dumping doors, there being no horizontal surfabes'on' which it may lodge. If the material is fine, for example wheat, it still cannot.be lost by leakage owin to the close e doors make I claim: 1 1. In a dump car, the combination ofa stationarymember having a curved .up er p60 surface, aihinged dumpingv door, an a said door and adapted to engage sai sur ace as the door drops. as n a dump car, the combination of .a longitudinal structure having a shedding surface, dtfinping doorshingedthereto an having their. upper.= sur faces when" closed as. high as the top 0f said shedding; surface, and cross; beams- -havin'g up or shedding the surfaeeof the doomgwhenfclosed.

. '3. In a dam ca-r tifle-seomhination of a longitudinal si ng wee, pi we ed thereto 3 .h 'vi s their; so aceeawlre reiterates-oi aides-lead supporting member earryin .cotiperate with one winding shaft at the end whichv an shields carried b common axis,-

-eurv1ed surface. p 9.- The combination of1asupporting-"strum higher than l stfuetur'etshav-ing .a 'shed--' surface, and cross beams connected with the car sides =and with said sill structure and having u'piper shedding surfaces which do not exten" doors when closed.

4. In a dump car, the combination of a a curved shedding surface, ayd umpingoor adapted to aid surface, and, when closed, both the (i portion of a horizontal floor, and, w en open, both the door and surface forming a continuous inclined discharging device.

5. In adumpcar, the combination with car sides of a floor having a longitudinal deflecting crown, cross deflectingl crowns, and dumping doors adapted to be 0 when closed, and having edges adjacent to said crowns, and having their upper surfaces substantially flash with the upper surfaces of such crowns, each door being hinged adjacent'to one of said crowns and overlapping a portion of the same when the door is closed.

(3. In a dump-car, the combination with .a longitudinal structure, of car sides, cross structures connecting the car sides and longitudinal structure, said longitudinal and cross structures all having upper shedding surfaces, and dumping doors adapted to-be horizontal when closed, and. havin their upper surfaces substantially flush .with the up er surface of'such shedding members, the doors and moving over the adjacent sledding surface. as the common axis which is the center of curveture of such surface, and means at the inner edges of the doors substantially engaging such surface whether the doors 'be up or down.

8.- The acurved uper surface,- 'dumpin doors on opposite si es. of such member h 1nged' on a which ,is the center of curvature of. such surface, and ,sjhields carried' by the doors and extending inwardly beyond ihigher than the surface of the cor and surface formin' a.-

rizontal combinatioh of a-member having their edges and adapted to ngagesuclr tr-faoe, a pair ture having a curved upper. v of dumping doors on opp "f ines-ch mo floor beams secured beams extendin"'--'in;ward" e edgefjof 'o hinge pins up w t -fl r b a said hinge-pins be -.21 as p of curvature of saistaurved surfaee.

a The eomb' at; nan of-a long i s t -f doors an ,rbeneathfsa dcurved Surfiiaa, and

utitlie e and .1, 9' 13 eitdr'idhifibtirieath 'saidasill and having. its

an ages: vertionlgg sali d flanges being secured to with such shedding crowns,'said doors haw .20

in g'ffloor beams'extending inwardly beneath such crow'vns, means supported by the longi-' tudinal sill structure for pivotin said beamsj,fand shedding crowns carried cross beams adjacent to the ends of the 001s, 2,5.

7 not rising higher than the upper surface of Headers. a "13.In a dump car, the combination of a plurality "ofdu'mping doors, a plurality of cables connected therewith, a cross head with which said cables connect, a guideway which carries said cross head allowing it to mo've,

and "a winding shaft connected with said:

95' 14. 111'- dump car, the combinationof a carrying rollers, stationary guides and I means for operating the cross car, the" combination; with j bracket securedto the a jacent 0-. doors,

cable. I

16. Ina dumpicar,=the combination of a series of dumpingdoors, andfa series of raising. cables, some of said cables being connected to asin 1e door. i

17. The combination with a car side having vertical stifien'ing members arran ed in pairs, dumping doors and raising'cab es for jstifiening members 0' a palr.

' p 18,. The combination withdumping doors of raisingcables suitably uided along the sides of the fear, 'means- 60, cables around the corner of the car, and

means on the end of thecar for, drawing on said mbles. 3

W 19; The combination wit-ha car side -havin ca pan-s, dumping doors, pulleys carried sits tithe thecross beams, and dumping doors coiiper- 'jacen't thereto, whereby a substantially flat -'surfaceis thethere i are formed two surfaces slo ing in all of said crowns when the doors are closed ,faces' intersecting substantially in the cenof umping doors havin iadjaa cableeonnected with S; (I M, said bracke tyand means for operating said the upper surface of said members tomake nected with two doors, and, others being conthedoors respectivell located between the or guiding saidto the edges of the doors when 28. Ina dum ca'r,

vertical stiffening members arranged in' car, between adjacent 'stifiiening members, cables passing over said pulleys -d w $9 th dq r ii ihes anismfqnpulling on said (Sables-,- K a dumpjcartthesooii bir t memberi the oentenof whichu is b g the sides, a dumping door, and. a shlud carried by the door engaging the fi'rsQment'ioned. member, whereby a substantially flat surface is formed when the door is closed.

- 21. In a dump car, the combination of a 'crownj member and hinged dumping doors formed with means at their hinged edges for engagement with sa-idcrown and swinging about axes parallel therewith anda 9 formed when the doors are" in closed position. I 22. In a-dumping car, the combination of a crown member and dumping doors having shields cooperating with said crown member, whereby when said-doors are opened opposite directions the planes of t e sur o ter plane of the crown member. s n s .23. In adump car, thecombination of a crown" member, the center of whose surf face is higher'than its. sides, a -,dumping door having a shield adapted to cooperate with said surface, and when closed, the door shield and surface forming aportion of a horizontal floor, and when opened, the .door shield and surface forming an inclined discharge surface,

24. In a dump car, the combination of acrown member the center of which is higher than the sides, a dumping door, and means carried by the door to engage the upper surface-of the crown member tomake a t'ght joint. H v

25. In a dumplcar, the combination of a crown member t ecenter of which is higher than its sides, a dumping doorand shields carried by the doorand adaptedtooverlap a tight joint when the doors are cldse'd; 26.-In a dum car, the combination' of a; stationary mem er having. a curved upper surface, a pair of doors movably mounted with edges adjacent to such. surface, and means for preventing leakage between said doors and surface, said means being secured to the doors and bearing on said surface.

27. A dump car having in its floor dumping doors and stationary members arranged to presenta substantially flat surface when the doors are closed, and an inclined shedding surfacethrougho'ut when the doors are dropped. and means for insuring tight joints closed.

the combination of a stationary .me'm rhaving a curved upper surface, a hinged dumpingdo'or, and 'a member at the inner edge of the, door having a iao curved under surfacecooperating with the curved upper surface of said stationary member.

29. In a dump car, the combination of a ,stationary member having a curved upper surface, a hinged dumping door, a shield carried by said door and adapted to engage said surface, and a filling member beneath the shield to make a tight joint.

30. In a dump carfth e chfnbination of a longitudinal crown, hinged dumpingdoors having their upper surfaces when closed as high as the top of said crow n, and means carried by the door to 'ngage the curved surface of the crown to ml'lke a tight joint.

31. In a dump car, the combination of a longitudinal member, a door hinged thereto, transverse members between which said door may swing, and shields projecting from the ends of the door and adapted to abut beneath said transverse members when the door is brought into closed position.

In a dump car, the combination of a dumping door composed of tongue and groove planking, and shields carried by the door and extendin across the ends thereof. transversely of t e seams between the planks.

33. In a dump car, thecombination of a dumping door composed of tongue and groove planking, and shields carried by the door and extending across the ends thereof,

transversely of the seams between the planks,

said shields being bent at an angle to also project from the ends of the door, and cross members with which such projecting portions coiiperate.

34. In a dump car, the combination of a shedding crown and a air of doors hinged on a common axis be ow said crown and having their inner edgesformed to overlap the top of the crown when the doors are closed.

35. In' a dump car, the combination of a pair of-doors hin ed'at the longitudinal center of the car, a 'ongitudinal center sill caredges to overlap the'top of-said shedding surface.

36. In a dump car, the combination of&

' shedding surface and a du'm ing door supported on an axis below said surface and aving means overlap in the top of the surface when the door is c osed.

37. In a dump car, the combination of a stationary shedding surface and a dumping door hinged on an axis'below said surface and having its edge overlapping the top of said surface when the door is closed.

38. In a dump car, the combination of a shedding member, and a door adapted to be horizontal when closed and. when closed having its'upper surface as high as the top" of the shedding member, said door being provided with means at its edge to overlap said top.

39. In a dump car, the combination of a shedding member,- a door adapted to be horizontal when closed and when closed having its upper surface as high as the top of the shedding member, said doorb'eing provided with means at its edge to overlap said top, and means below said top for supporting said door on an axis.

' 40. In a car, the combination of a mem-'- ber having a rounded top and a dumping door having a top surface adapted to be whether the door be up or down.

'41. In a car, the'combination of a' longitudinal rounded-top member and a trans; verse rounded-top member, and a dumping In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my.

signature in the resence of two witnesses.

FRXNK S. INGOLDSRY. Witnesses: a J. R. BOWLING,

MARY D. WHITCOMB.

substantially tangent to the curve of the top 4 

